• Bytemeister@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Let’s not make the inevitable mistake of assuming what was an essential skill for one generation is going to matter fuck all for most of the next generation.

    Old people still think it’s outageous if you can write a check, read an analog clock, read/write cursive… All things that most millennials might “need” to do less than once a year.

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      2 days ago

      True, the skills needed to troubleshoot a a Windows 95 computer are not all relevant today, but the fact that computers had a lot of issues when I was growing up in the ninties and twothousands, means that I developed a pretty solid grasp of general computer troubleshooting, something that the kids that grew up with it-just-works ™ technology are missing, this is obviously a skill that can be learned, and over time we will see computer troubleshooting become more and more academic.

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        2 days ago

        I know how to read an analogue clock but never once in my life has it been easier/ more convenient to read one than it is to pull out my magic light box I always have on me and look at the big bright numbers in the centre of the screen.